Press Releases
Harvard Undergraduate Wins Radcliffe Institute Public Art Competition
April 12, 2016
The Radcliffe Institute announces the winner of its third Public Art Competition: John Wang ’16, a concentrator in the history of art and architecture at Harvard College, whose inventive design proposal is titled In Search of 100 Years at 73 Brattle.
Leading Silicon Valley Computer Scientist Coming to Harvard as a Radcliffe Professor
February 19, 2016
Pathbreaking theoretical computer scientist Cynthia Dwork, who has made formative contributions in the fields of privacy, cryptography, and distributed computing, will join the faculty of Harvard University and hold a Radcliffe Alumnae Professorship.
Announcing Janet Yellen As Radcliffe Medalist
January 27, 2016
On Radcliffe Day, May 27, 2016, the Institute will honor Janet Yellen, chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, with the Radcliffe Medal.
Khalil Gibran Muhammad Named to Radcliffe Professorship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
December 14, 2015
“Radcliffe Professors strengthen Harvard because they enhance the excellence and diversity of the faculty,” said Dean Lizabeth Cohen. “We are thrilled that the Institute helped bring Professor Muhammad—a leading scholar on matters of race, social justice, and opportunity, and a fellow historian—to Cambridge.”
$425,000 Award from MacArthur Foundation to SHARIAsource
October 19, 2015
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded $425,000 for the development of SHARIAsource—an online Islamic law resource founded and directed by Harvard Law School Professor and Radcliffe Professor Intisar Rabb.
New Research Grants to Use the Schlesinger’s Collections
October 5, 2015
The Schlesinger Library's 2015 grant recipients include researchers investigating women’s activism in STEM fields, the American labor movement, immigration reform, women oyster shuckers, the suffragist Alice Paul, and the environmental and occupational health doctor Harriet Hardy.
An Exceptional Opportunity for Exceptional Young Scholars
August 18, 2015
Geophysicist Marine Denolle and astrophysicist Cora Dvorkin join the Harvard faculty as Radcliffe Assistant Professors.
Radcliffe Institute Awards Fay Prize to Top Harvard Theses
May 20, 2015
Radcliffe recognizes Harvard College seniors Dennis Sun, Natalie Smith, and Eleanor Wilkinson.
Big Thinkers, Big Projects
May 14, 2015
The Radcliffe Institute announces the more than 50 scholars, scientists, and artists who will be Radcliffe fellows during the 2015–2016 year, each one pursuing an ambitious individual project within the Institute's multidisciplinary community. Only 3 percent of applicants were accepted.
New Faculty Director for the Schlesinger Library
May 4, 2015
Jane Kamensky joins the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study as the new Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Director of the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America.